I hold a stock in 3 different accounts. I have a loss in my taxable account and substantial gains my wife's ROTH and son's Ed-IRA (Coverdell). All the stock was bought within the last couple of weeks. If I sell the stock in the tax-free accounts first can I then sell the stock in my taxable account and take the loss against gains I had earlier in the year.

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